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**THE FORUM DAILY**

The future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) remains unclear, affecting recipients and their communities, as Aditi Lamba of Spectrum News 1 reports. ??

DACA has faced several legal challenges since it began in 2012. Court rulings have blocked the processing of new applications for years, as Lamba notes. And ongoing legal challenges generate uncertainty for current recipients.

Speaking of uncertainty, many recipients are reporting government delays in their DACA renewals, reports Andrea Castillo??of the Los Angeles Times . That can cost them their jobs at least temporarily, as is the case for Miguel, 32, who is on temporary unpaid leave for three months and counting while waiting for his renewal.??

It also was the case for Irma Varela, a Wisconsin mother of three and career specialist pursuing a degree in social work, reports Jana Rose Schleis of The Cap Times . Varela's renewal finally went through this month after her own monthslong wait. ??

"This is my home.??I've??been here for most of my life," Varela said. "This is where I had my children.??They're??Wisconsinites.??They're??cheeseheads."??

In an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times, University of South Florida researcher Thomas J. Rachko Jr. addresses the mental toll on communities affected by this kind of legal limbo. "It is becoming increasingly clear that we cannot allow more lives to languish in fear and uncertainty for any longer," he writes.??

Welcome to Thursday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications VP, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Ally Villarreal and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] .??

**'WE NEED THEM'**??- Immigrant labor has been a crucial part of Texas' economic success, and with unemployment rates at record lows, many businesses are asking for more immigrant help to fill labor gaps, reports James Osborne of the San Antonio Express-News . "Every unemployed person could get a job and we'd still have hundreds of thousands of jobs open," said Glenn Hamer, president of the Texas Association of Business [and a Forum board member]. "The best and brightest people in the world want to come here and contribute, and we need them." ??

**NEW APPROACH** - New York City is working on creating a new resettlement program for migrants it has relocated to Buffalo, reports Arya Sundaram of Gothamist . "The $22 million program would enlist a local nonprofit to relocate up to 539 migrants currently living in Buffalo hotels and help them find apartments, jobs and apply for asylum," Sundaram reports, citing a [New York] City Hall spokesperson.??

**ANOTHER DEATH IN CUSTODY** - For the second time this year, an immigrant in detention in Georgia has died, reports Lautaro Grinspan of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Cambric Dennis, 44 and originally from Liberia, died last week at the for-profit Stewart Detention Center. The official cause of death is pending.??Indian national Jaspal Singh died in April after spending months at the Folkston ICE Processing Center elsewhere in Georgia.????

**ICYMI** - Catching up on a few more stories from the past week:??

* In Arizona and Texas, armed vigilante groups at the border are creating volatility. (Francesca D'Annunzio, Texas Observer , and??Avery Schmitz, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting ) ??

* Public schools are working to accommodate newly arrived migrant students. (Jon Kamp and Alicia A. Caldwell, The Wall Street Journal )??

* "Documented Dreamer" Pragnya Vella and others like her need a path to citizenship, Vella writes in her op-ed for The Cap Times .??

* Follow the story of Yousif, who journeyed with his family from Afghanistan??to the U.S.-Mexico border in search of safety. (Kelly Hill.??World Relief )??

Thanks for reading,??

Dan??

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